We have a new addition to the family she is a little kitten and her name is Suzy. She is lovely and so sweet. I have a picture of her but there will be many more trust me. I also have a picture of the 4 girls last sunday it is not often I get a good one of them all together.

Well this time my internet went down for 3 weeks and we have had to change company and have now gone for cable with Virgin Media so I am finally back on line.

I still have no pictures of Tegan yet but I do have a picture of a little angel dress I made her ages ago, which I put on Ravelry but never seemed to get around to putting on here.

I have at least 4 things on the needles at the mo, but just can't seem to get anything finished, mind you it is the school holidays so things are up in the air. I have also had Carly and her 3 to stay a couple of times which believe me takes a few days to recover from when she goes home, We had 3 adults and 8 kids in a 4 bed house, very crowded.lol

I feel I should have loads more to say as it has been so long since I have been on but the trouble is so much has happened it has all blurred, I know I have had Amber ill again, although this time no hospital visit. We have been doing a lot of shopping as without the internet I had to physically go out and buy stuff, that was no fun at all with 4 or 5 kids with me each time!!!!

Oh well, 3 are back to school next week then Darcey starts the week after which will leave only Gracie at home. Joe is in his last year which doesn't seem possible.

I shall now go and rescue the tv from Gracie who appears to be trying to push it off its stand, I hope to keep posting on here a bit more often now things are almost back to normal.xx

I am still around, I have had so much trouble getting on my blog I had just started thinking about starting a new one.
I have lovely news Carly had her baby on Friday 31st July a little girl, 7lb 130z and it was a lovely water birth. Her name is Tegan Suzanne.
I will post properly soon just wanted to post something now I am back on.
xx

Well this week has been so busy and I still have lots to do over the next two days so I just thought I would make a quick post.

I have finished a bib for Carly's new baby and she now has that and the Yoda cardigan I made.

I am still moving a head to get my spiritual life more together, my very good friend Lindsay and I have been doing discipleship together and that has been a real help I am learning so much and find myself wanting to learn even more.

Also my hubby who is not saved has been coming to church on a regular basis which is wonderful.

I have also found this really sad and beautiful song on Youtube about aborted babies wondering how their life would have been, it is very moving. I have added a link so anybody who isn't interested doesn't have to go and look at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMA4zgWbRyE

Just a quick one, I actually have a finished item, it is the Yoda baby sweater to be found on Ravelry, I wouldn't normally have chosen this pattern but it was for a KAL in the Babylonglegs group on Ravelry. I think it actually turned out ok, I am going to give it to Carly for her baby which is due in July.

I also have a couple of pics of the kids to stop this being another wordy post.lol

Well I still don't have any finished items, which is very bad of me. I have had a few revelations lately and have decided to make some big decisions in my life. My priorities in life have really slipped lately and I have been spending far too much time on things like facebook and twitter and not enough time on my family,don't get me wrong they haven't been neglected or anything, just not my priority.
So I have decided that the only online things I am going to keep going are my blog and of course Ravelry and everything else can just go.
I have also decide to get more in touch with my christian side I have been a Born Again Christian for a couple of years now, but It is only recently with certain events that I have seen how important that decision was and I want to start getting on with my life and living it as a Christian.
I hope anybody who reads this just for the knitting, doesn't mind me rambling on in this post but I don want to make this more of a life blog than just a knitting record.

I have had a rough week as Amber ended up in hospital on a drip, we have all had tummy bugs and as sometimes happens with her diabetes if she can't eat then we have to get some glucose in her somehow. I am so looking forward to next week and hopefully some normality or as near as it gets in this house.lol

I intend to get back to my knitting I have two items over half way finished which should soon be done, I have tons of projects waiting to go also,so hopefully should have some pictures to put on very soon. I also have quite a few books to read so shall be busy.
Hope this post wasn't too borring.xx

Had my hair done the other day so thought I would stick some pics on while it still looked the way it is meant to,(before I washed it.lol).

I still have two things on the needles, one is a aran cardigan for Darcey, and the other is a baby dress for Carly's baby due in July which has now been confirmed a girl. I am just taking ages to finish either, I think facebook and twitter are affecting my productivity.lol

Well I haven't updated on here for ages, just seem to be doing something else all the time. I have a few pics to add

This is a little top I have done for Gracie it looks lovely on.


This is also for Gracie but I haven't had a chance to take a pic of her wearing it yet.

And this is a picture of Carly I took when she was last round.

I have two finished cardigans to show off, one for Darcey and one for Gracie, Darcey's is the one I kept saying I was going to finish, but didn't seem to actually want to. It is from a sirdar booklet called Ohh La La and is knit in sirdars snuggly baby in Daisy and Navy, Gracies is also a sirdar pattern from a booklet called Sugar Kisses and this was knit with Babylonglegs Dk.

Kids were all off today due to the snow, which was fun I can tell you!! Haven't felt so great lately been feeling a bit under the weather and also a bit fed up to tell the truth, didn't get to church on sunday as me, jade and Gracie all have colds.
Also going to miss my weigh in at weight watchers tonight as it has been cancelled due to snow, although on my own scales I have now lost a stone in weight, I have been walking to and from school lately and this has definately helped.

It is Carly's 21st birthday tomorrow so providing the snow doesn't ruin our plans we are planning to meet up at Lakeside and spend the day together. I can't believe she is going to be 21 how did that happen.lol

Well firstly no knitting content in this post although I have two almost finished Items so it won't be long. Things have been busy as usual, I had a break from church for a while, had a few things to get my head around, but am back and loving it which is good.

Jade had a Tudor day at school so I took a couple of photos of her outfit probably not the most flattering thing she has ever worn.lol It is her birthday today she is 10 so one more into double figures!

I had also added a couple of pictures of my grandsons Harrison and Kadon, as Carly came round on Friday so took the opportunity to get a couple of shots.

Not a great deal happening I have joined Weight Watchers and tonight will be my second weigh in, I lost 6lb the first week which was a good start hopefully some more will come off tonight.

When I am not knitting I am either on Ravelry or Facebook both of which are far too addictive I have also discovered Twitter although at the moment I am not totally sure what I am doing with it.lol.

I have a finished item although it isn't one of the one's I had already started.lol.
I love this yarn it is so soft and springy, Darcey wore this to church today and lot's of people commented on it which she loved.

I have done another quick make in between all the projects I have half done, I have made a hat and mittens for Gracie as she had none that fit properly. I got these patterns from an old Simply Knitting mag and I added the flower and button to the hat to make it less borring. I actually had to make the 6-12 months hat to get a good fit and the mittens which were meant to be 0-3 months I actually halved the measurements to get them to fit. What is it with mittens they are always massive.lol

These are a couple of quick makes that I sneeked in between my other projects. The photos are not great as Gracie just wouldn't play ball.lol



I love the colour of this Peaches & Creme, it is called Mocha swirls and it reminds me of neopolitan ice cream. I will definately make more of both these the skirt is Caiden's skirt from Ravelry and the cap is a Sirdar pattern from a leaflet for Snuggly Aran hats.
I am well on my way with the frilly cardy but Amber's waistcoat is stalling some what!!
I was really fed up last week and didn't want to see or talk to anyone but I feel a lot better this week, I also had an ear infection last week as did Gracie, which we are both getting over gradually.
Hope to have some more finished pictures soon.

I actually finished this a little while ago, but haven't got round to posting it on here, I put it in my projects page on Ravelry though.

Not much happening around here, Hubby and Joe still boxing all the time, kids are going to and from school as usual although Darcey is off playschool today as she has a cold and a nasty cough. I am so tired all the time lately, Gracie wakes up about 5am everyday and I am not going to bed much before 1am so I know the reason,lol. I need to get an early night or two, just hate wasteing my ME time if you know what I mean.lol.

I am off on a school trip tomorrow with Amber's class, I am not really looking forward to it, but maybe I can get a nap on the coach.!!

I have amazingly done 90% of my christmas shopping and also my December birthday shopping, I have 3 kids birthdays in December. It was Harrison, my oldest daughters little boys birthday last saturday so he is 2 now, I can't believe I have a two year old grandson, surely I am too young (not).

This is what I am knitting at the moment I am doing it for Darcey and in yellow and navy, as I had those in my stash already, this is from a new pattern book by Sirdar called 'Ooh la la'. There are some really sweet pattern in this book and I expect I will do some more.

Well its half term so I am just about managing not to pull my hair out.!

I have finished the sweater for Gracie so just have time to add some photos on here. I have more info on Ravelry for anyone who is interested.x

Another quick fix knit a little ruffle hat for Gracie. The pattern is Bernat Ruffle Hat which obviously I found on Ravelry.lol. The yarn is Babylonglegs Merino Double knit called LottieRu.
Not much going on round here, I am fed up but don't know why, must be the time of year!
I can't even seem to get on with my knitting which is bad, hence why I started the little hat, needed to actually finish something. My two wip are just floundering at the moment.
I am reading the new Dawn French book at the moment called Dear Fatty, and it is really good, it was an anniversary present which was last Friday. I also got the complete series 3 of Marple mysteries which is great as I hadn't seen 3 of the episodes.
Not much else to report just the usual borring stuff. I think I will try to do some knitting today.

The little cardigan is now finished.Yeah!! It actually looks quite good and I am pleased with it and thankfully Darcey likes it.

I have frogged two other things I had on the needles, one because I just wasn't happy with it and the other because I am sure the pattern is wrong.!!
I have now started a waistcoat with a furry collar for Amber, it is a sirdar pattern with cables and it is looking nice I am doing it in some Debbie Bliss merino aran I won on ebay a while ago, I will try to get a picture of the pattern for my next post. Jade also wants one, I haven't knit big sizes for a while so I shall definately be starting something for Gracie as well so I can keep getting a quick fix of a fast knit.lol.

Hubby's boxing club hosted a big show last night, so as I couldn't go I had a friend round and we had an indian takeaway and good chat, haven't done that for ages so it made a nice change. Joe boxed last night and he won which was good.

I shall now try and do a bit more knitting before they come back from Joe's football training.x

I am quickly editing this post to add a picture of the waistcoat I am doing now,